Jane Catherine Dicken (1828-1912) was born in Henrico County, Virginia, and died there.  She was a daughter of Jane Lacy and Thomas S. Dicken and she was my great-great grandmother.  

Jane married Matthew Swain in 1848.  He was born in England and operated a store in Richmond somewhere.  They had seven children, including my great grandmother, Annie Lettie Swain. I don't know much about either of them.  But my mother had this picture of her.  

According to an online source, the Dicken's home was Brookfield, through which Dickens Road runs.  Supposedly the road was named for the family. Brookfield had an interesting history, according to the Henrico County Historical Society (http://www.henricohistoricalsociety.org/lostarchitecture.brookfieldplantation.html).  Here is a drawing of the house.

In 1800, Brookfield was a 2,000 acre plantation owned by the Prosser family. One of Prosser's slaves planned a massive slave uprising that failed because two slaves on another farm ratted him out and a severe thunderstorm impeded transportation and communications.  The ringleader and most of his buddies were captured, tried, and hanged.  In the mid-19th century, the house pictured above was enlarged but it burned to the ground in 1910.